Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 290 - 285: Keep an Eye on Her, Someone Will Contact Her Soon
"You knew I was coming?" A familiar male voice sounded.
Ji Ning chuckled softly, "Driven by profit, naturally."
The visitor was Big Head, the first to curry favor with Ji Hong, and now the most used by Ji Hong.
Big Head’s expression was not as ingratiating as it was during the day, now expressionless, looking much more serious.
Ji Ning sat up, leaning casually against the wall and watching him with a calm expression, "Aren’t you afraid Ji Hong will find out and throw you into the sea?"
"I belong to Huang Liu. As long as Huang Liu is around, this business can continue." Big Head’s eyes were clear, and his mind was equally so.
Ji Ning believed his words.
Indeed.
Huang Liu was in charge of this shipment.
The person they recognize as their contact is Huang Liu as well.
So even if Ji Hong wanted to replace Huang Liu and take over his power, she wouldn’t dare easily take Huang Liu’s life.
This time, Big Head came merely because he was afraid her identity would ruin Huang Liu’s path to wealth, so he came to stabilize her.
Ji Ning spoke calmly, "In that case, stick to the usual. But the cops are already onto your Huang Liu, best to handle it sooner rather than later."
Big Head hurriedly promised.
The next day. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦
Everything was as usual.
Ji Ning was still under watch, but her activity range had shifted from indoors to the courtyard of the guesthouse.
The people guarding her had been replaced again.
All unfamiliar faces.
During this time, Ji Hong didn’t make a single appearance, delegating all interactions with her to Big Head.
For this, Big Head was quite pleased with gaining Ji Hong’s trust and planned to drug Ji Hong on the last day of customs inspection.
"Ji Ning, I feel something’s off. Ji Hong hasn’t sought you out even once. Doesn’t she want to take over Huang Liu’s power?"
Huang Ying asked in a low voice while delivering meals to Ji Ning.
Ji Ning ate from the lunchbox in her hand, speaking calmly, "She’s a smart person."
"Then why does she control Huang Liu’s people? If I were her, I would’ve taken the chance to run."
"Do you think she doesn’t want to run?" Ji Ning suddenly smirked, glancing at her.
Huang Ying was momentarily stunned, sitting up straighter, incredulous, "She wouldn’t want to escape to the Outer Continent, would she?"
But seeing the meaningful look in Ji Ning’s eyes, her guess was somewhat confirmed.
"She sure has guts. Going to the Outer Continent without an identity?"
"She’s not without an identity." Ji Ning suddenly said.
Huang Ying frowned slightly, "From what the current investigation shows, her identity indeed has some issues, just like..."
At this point, she glanced at Ji Ning.
"Just like mine, right?"
Huang Ying was somewhat uneasy.
After all, she’s yet to uncover Ji Ning’s background.
Ji Ning continued eating, the room filled only with the sound of her chewing.
Huang Ying looked at Ji Ning’s profile, always feeling she also held secrets, the same as Ji Hong’s.
"You... are you...?"
"Am I what?" Ji Ning turned to look at her.
Words failed Huang Ying all of a sudden.
She must’ve been overthinking.
How could Ji Hong possibly be related to Ji Ning?
Their personalities were worlds apart.
"Ji Hong is connected to you in some way."
Huang Ying was taken aback, not expecting Ji Ning to say that, and couldn’t help but look at her.
"You once said that the Sun Family almost plotted against you."
Huang Ying’s expression instantly changed, furrowing her brow, her gaze turning colder, "She wouldn’t be connected to the lab, would she?"
She was nearly plotted against by the Sun Family back then and went into hiding for years, secretly investigating the Sun Family, only to find they were connected to a lab under the Ye Family’s name.
It’s said that the lab once executed the 728 Plan, researching how to stimulate human potential and turn more people into superpower users.
But later, due to losing control of the experiments, the 728 Plan was abolished, but the lab remained.
So many years passed, who knows if there are still people in the lab researching that project?
Perhaps the project shifted from the surface to underground; there’s no way to tell.
Her abilities were limited, uncovering only the tip of the iceberg; the rest was mere speculation.
But Ji Ning knowing about this, could it be information from the Security Bureau investigation?
Huang Ying’s gaze was intense, and Ji Ning swallowed the food in her mouth, "Ji Hong’s superpower is quite unstable."
"What do you mean?" Huang Ying was puzzled.
Being a Support Ability User, her body merely mutated, leaving her unfamiliar with Control Ability.
"The nature of natural awakening for Control Ability Users is the perception of changes in the natural magnetic field around the body and using these changes to control certain substances. Therefore, superpower users who control multiple substances aren’t born with multi-system abilities."
Huang Ying, a superpower user herself, quickly grasped the concept, "So Control Ability Users, like us, achieve multi-system abilities through acquired training?"
Ji Ning gave her an approving look, "In my opinion, whether it’s Control or Support Ability Users, their essence is the same, sensing magnetic field changes and using these to gain energy. It’s just one perceives changes inside the body, while the other perceives changes outside. Both require perception..."
"When you say perception, are you referring to spiritual power?"
"Right. It’s easy to sense internal changes, but perceiving external magnetic fields requires at least S-class spiritual power. To perceive more material magnetic fields, it would take even greater spiritual power, but Ji Hong’s spiritual power is far from sufficient. As a result, when using her ability, the energy is quite unstable, and her physique can’t sustain her ability for long periods."
Huang Ying considered a possibility, her eyes widened, asking, "Could someone really manipulate the awakening of human superpowers? That would be terrifying."
Ji Ning took a sip of water, put down her chopsticks, recalling a hypothesis Ye Jianxiu mentioned at the end of chaos, and said calmly, "Consciously training superpower awakening isn’t impossible... but... the price is too high..."
Huang Ying’s expression became significantly more serious.
She always felt Ji Ning knew things she didn’t.
"Keep an eye on her; someone will contact her soon."
***
Anhe City.
Fu Yuanxuan had someone disguised as You Le reach the vicinity of the address Ji Ning provided.
They faced obstruction from unfamiliar people.
They were told not to approach.
Ignoring advice, Fu Yuanxuan’s people insisted on proceeding.
Unexpectedly, an electric vehicle attempted to ram into them.
Fu Yuanxuan’s people went along with the situation, following the assailant to the hospital.
After reaching the hospital, they managed to subdue the individual.
Upon interrogation, they discovered the person was, in fact, a B-level investigator from the Security Bureau.
They had been investigating youth disappearance cases from previous years, with each missing child being an orphan, from troubled families, yet physically capable of at least A-level capacities.
There was suspicion of purposeful trafficking of physically exceptional children.
Through overt and covert scrutiny, they pinned down the location.
However, once they confirmed the address, activity there ceased.
Left with no choice, they remained hidden, renting nearby apartments to vigilantly monitor the place.
This surveillance lasted for two years.
Not until recently did they notice You Le loitering nearby.
This prompted them to act swiftly, preventing You Le from approaching the location.
"Captain, do you believe what that B-level investigator said?" Mantis cautiously asked.
Fu Yuanxuan pondered, looking at him with an enigmatic expression, "What do you think?"
